John Albrecht

Head Coach

Boys Varsity Track

Coach Albrecht hails from Indiana. He is entering his 7th year coaching Track and Field (3 as a head coach) and 11th in the classroom.  He has his MBA and MAT. He has over 13 years’ experience in competitive strength athletics. He coaches the throwing events. He teaches Math at Clover High School. He and his wife, Amanda, have two children, and a dog and two cats, and reside in Lake Wylie.

His coaching philosophy regarding his assistant coaches is to let them do what they do best – they are the specialists in their areas and he supports their decisions regarding how they handle their groups. With the athletes, he sets his expectations high – the first of which is a commitment to the team and to improving every day. He operates by the quote, “If you constantly beat your best, eventually you will beat everyone else.”

As a throws coach he has produced eight sectional (IN) champions, multiple regional (IN) qualifiers, 2 regional champions, qualified five throwers for state, and a state runner up. Under his leadership his throwers set a school record in discus of 186' 6". Many of his event athletes have gone on to pursue collegiate athletics. Of those that continued throwing, one is a DII All-American, finishing as high as 2nd in discus in the NCAA DII track and field championships, and Team MVP. Just recently another of his athletes finished 6th in the nation in discus in NCAA D1 and recorded the longest throw of all NCAA athletes in the 2018 season.

As a head coach he improved his teams state finish from 18th to 3rd in just two years by building relationships with other coaches and athletes. In his first six years coaching, working with the boys and the girls programs, he recorded numerous sectional (IN) and regional (IN) championships, including one sectional championship as a head coach, eight top 5 state finishes including one runner-up, and two state championship teams in an open class system.